Do You Have the Holy Spirit? Here’s how You can know Some will scoff at this sermon, there are different belief systems out there, but my intention is to get back to the Bible Basics, meaning what the Bible acually teaches! Christians sometimes question whether they really have been given God’s Holy-Spirit….What are some guidelines we can use in trying to understand our own spiritual state? Since the Holy-Spirit is spirit, we cannot feel, touch or sense the Spirit in the ordinary way that we might discern a physical object. So we can’t talk about having the Spirit in those terms”… …”Of course, our emotions and feelings are a part of our spiritual life. But we can sometimes “feel” as though we are charged with the Holy-Spirit and at other times “feel” as though we aren’t. Both feelings can’t be right, because the Holy-Spirit does not enter and leave us on a repeated basis. When we are born of God’s Holy-Spirit we are a new creation and always have the Spirit within to guide us…… “How can we know we have the Holy-Spirit? Let’s answer a few questions. Do we believe in Jesus-Christ as our Saviour and Lord?…Romans 10:9…Are we moved in prayer to God in ways that sometimes surprise us?..Romans 8:26-27..Do we have a desire to obey God in love and bear the fruit of the Spirit?..Galatians 5:6-18,22,25.. …”Do we love others and show them acts of kindness as we have opportunity?… James 1:27…Conversely, do we see the need to avoid things that are contrary to God’s way?…James 1:27;..1 John 2:15-17… “If we can answer “yes” to these questions, we can have assurance that God’s Holy- Spirit is leading us. Gradually, as we live in Jesus-Christ, we will find clear marks of his presence in our thoughts, action and life. One individual explained the signs of the presence of the Holy-Spirit in the following ways, with references to the first letter of John. As Spirit-filled Christians we will have a new… …”Desire to please God”…1 John 2:5… …”Assurance of pardon”…1 John 2:1-2… …”Willingness to face opposition”…1 John 3:13… …”Delight in the company of fellow Christians”…1 John 3:14… …”Generosity of spirit”…1 John 3:17… …”Experience of victory over temptations”…1 John 4:4; 5:4… …”Discovery of answers to prayer”…1 John 3:22… …”Understanding of life and set of priorities”…1 John 5:20-21… …”If we see that these factors have been at work in our lives, we should have confidence that the Holy-Spirit is still working in us. We should be careful not to deny these manifestations, as though we are not worthy of them, however. It is not pride to know we have been born again of God. We should be “humbly thankful” for God’s mercy in bestowing his grace upon us… …”Of course, as human beings even with God’s Holy-Spirit we will sin…1 John 1:8-2:5…We will never be perfect in this human life. This may even cause us to “feel” as though God is not with us. But the things mentioned above will be working in our lives because we do have the Holy-Spirit. When we sin we will go to God in heartfelt prayer acknowledging our sinfulness and need for forgiveness…Luke 18:9-14…That in itself is a “demonstration that we have the Holy-Spirit”… “We can always have confidence in the fact that once God begins to work with us and gives us his Holy-Spirit, “He will Never leave us”. Despite the ups and downs of life, despite the problems we may have, “we can have assurance” and trust in God’s Do You Have the Holy Spirit? Here’s how You can know, by the fruits of the Holy Spirit working in YOU! faithfulness. In the words of the apostle Paul: “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ- Jesus”…Philippians 1:6… …”By our spiritual fruits we will know…If…we have the Holy-Spirit, If You lack in some don’t despair , ask our Lord and Saviour Jesus-Christ to lift You up and to help You to continue your spiritual journey toward the soon coming Kingdom of Heaven…Pray always in the name of our KING
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